Chuck Close [DVD] / Arthouse Films and Curiously Bright Entertainment ; a film by Marion Cajori ; a production of The Art Kaleidoscope Foundation.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: NNVG224560 | Arthouse FilmsSeries: Arthouse films (Series) ; 017.Publication details: [New York, NY ?] : Arthouse Films : Distributed by New Video, [2010]Description: 1 DVD (ca. 116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1422987698
- 9781422987698
- Chuck Close: A Portrait of a leading contemporary painter. Art Kaleidoscope Foundation presents
- DVD 179A
- Produced, directed and edited by Marion Cajori ; cinematography by Mead Hunt, Ken Kobland, David Leitner ; "A musical portrait of Chuck Close," composed by Philip Glass, performed by Bruce Levingston.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| 3 Day Loan | LSAD Library DVD collection | DVD 179A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100419770 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Chuck Close travels into the world of one of the late 20th and early 21st century's most highly singular visual artists. The eponymous subject of the title opted, early on, to exclusively devote all of his time and creative energy to constructing massive human likenesses, "deconstructed" into enlarged photographs, self-portraits, images from other artists, and a host of other ephemera. From a close vantage point, the overall image can be neither discerned nor detected, but when one stands at a considerable distance, the smaller components "coalesce" into a fluid whole. As documentarist Marion Cajori subtly reminds the audience time and again, the most astonishing aspect of Close's artistic construction (especially given the photo shoots, image selection, and other elements that go into the process) involves his 20 year physical paralysis. The central narrative of Cajori's film witnesses Close's construction of one such portrait (with the help of many assistants) over an 80+ day period; she also works in footage from a biographical sketch of Close that she shot in 1998, clips of the artist and his colleagues, and a number of additional sources - hence mirroring, in the creation of her own biographical portrait of Close, the process by which Close creates a new work of art. Chuck Close also represents the final cinematic work of acclaimed documentarist Cajori, who died shortly after editing this motion picture; it took her 13 years to complete, from 1993 to 2006. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
Originally released in 2007.
Bonus feature: theatrical trailer.
Produced, directed and edited by Marion Cajori ; cinematography by Mead Hunt, Ken Kobland, David Leitner ; "A musical portrait of Chuck Close," composed by Philip Glass, performed by Bruce Levingston.
With Chuck Close.
With editing completed by filmmaker Ken Kobland after the death of director/producer Marion Cajori, this movie describes the life and work of an artist who has reinvented portraiture. Close photographs his subjects, blows up the image to gigantic proportions, divides it into a detailed grid and then uses a complex set of colors and patterning to reconstruct each face. The artist describes his methodology and many of his artistic influences. Friends and colleagues including Brice Marden, Robert Storr, Dorothea Rockburne, Philip Glass, Arne Glimcher, Kiki Smith, Elizabeth Murray, Alex Katz, Kirk Varnedoe and others offer their perspective on Close's talents.
DVD, NTSC; Dolby digital stereo, widescreen.